Trauma and Lived Religion

R. Ruard Ganzevoort is Dean and Professor of practical theology at Vrije Universiteit and founding co-director of its Amsterdam Centre for the Study of Lived ReligionSrdjan Sremac lectures at the Faculty of Theology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and co-director of its Amsterdam Centre for the Study of Lived Religion.

• Trauma and Lived Religion: Embodiment and Emplotment, Srdjan Sremac and R. Ruard Ganzevoort.- Part I.  Body.- Torture and Lived Religion: Practices of Resistance, Kathryn House.- Disgust, Shame, and Trauma: The Visceral and Visual Impact of Touch, Stephanie N. Arel.- Part II. Meaning.- Significance of the “Visceral” in Lived Religion Studies of Trauma, Michelle A. Walsh.-  Traumics: The Church and Trauma in Comic Book Format, Maike Schult.- Part III. Relationship.- The Function of Religion in the Context of Re-Experiencing Trauma: Analyzing a Case Study with the Concepts of Transformational and Transitional Object, Hanneke Schaap-Jonker.- Trauma in Relationship – Healing by Religion: Restoring Dignity and Meaning after Traumatic Experiences, Mariéle Wulf.- Part IV. Testimony.- Lived Religion and the Traumatic Impact of Sexual Abuse: The Sodalicio Case in Peru, Rocio Figueroa Alvear and David Tombs.- Feeding the Hungry Spirits: A Socially Engaged Buddhist Response to the Distortion of Trauma, Jürgen Jian Lembke and Julianne Funk. - Part V. Ritual.- Remembering for Healing: Liturgical Communities of Reconciliation Provide Space for Trauma, Armand Léon van Ommen.-  Victimization via Ritualization: Christian Communion and Sexual Abuse, Hilary Jerome Scarsella.